Man accused of burglarizing home of deployed soldier

Published: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 09:29 PM.

FORT WALTON BEACH - A 21-year-old man was arrested after neighbors heard suspicious noise in the home of a deployed soldier.

On June 16, Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies were called to a residence for loud noises, according to the arrest report. The callers told deputies that the resident was gone for "military purposes."

Deputies found the back door of the home unsecured and DVD's and video games scattered around the door, the report said. They entered the home and found it empty.

A K-9 was brought in and tracked a scent to a nearby residence, according to the report. Deputies found shoe prints and more items they believed were from the victim's home.

Deputies spoke to Justin C. Preciado at the home where the additional items were found, the report said. Preciado was "intoxicated and sweating profusely."

He denied being at the victim's home, but his shoe prints matched the prints found, according to the report. The owners of the home were Preciado was found said he'd been in and out for nearly two hours.

Preciado is charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and larceny of more than $300 but less than $5,000.

His next scheduled court date is July 22.

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FORT WALTON BEACH - A 21-year-old man was arrested after neighbors heard suspicious noise in the home of a deployed soldier.

On June 16, Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies were called to a residence for loud noises, according to the arrest report. The callers told deputies that the resident was gone for "military purposes."

Deputies found the back door of the home unsecured and DVD's and video games scattered around the door, the report said. They entered the home and found it empty.

A K-9 was brought in and tracked a scent to a nearby residence, according to the report. Deputies found shoe prints and more items they believed were from the victim's home.

Deputies spoke to Justin C. Preciado at the home where the additional items were found, the report said. Preciado was "intoxicated and sweating profusely."

He denied being at the victim's home, but his shoe prints matched the prints found, according to the report. The owners of the home were Preciado was found said he'd been in and out for nearly two hours.

Preciado is charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and larceny of more than $300 but less than $5,000.